Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 363: Cleopatra

The suitcase is well-made, with a black cowhide mask, thirty to forty centimeters wide and one meter long, and the brass corners are shiny. Seeing that this size didn't look like it could fit into a queen, Xu Jun turned out from behind the desk and looked up and down curiously.

Tiesenhofen squatted down and pressed the locks on the box with both hands. After opening the lid of the box, he carefully picked up the contents and placed them on the large desk.

"This is just obtained by the Navy Command. According to your request, I will send it here for you to have a look." Disenhofen respectfully reported to the head of state.

"This is an accurate model of the large-scale air defense cruiser Cleopatra class. There is not the slightest difference from the drawings. The Royal Navy employs the best model makers and completes it by hand." The head of the adjutant mouth belt With a smile, I am very proud of my little plan.

"Eric, you really gave me a surprise." Xu Jun couldn't help being amused by the little tricks of the young adjutant. Unexpectedly, this mature and stable subordinate who has always been acting is also starting to become humorous now. Just like the character that a young person should have, Xu Jun is very pleased with the small change of Disenhofen.

Is it influenced by other people around him, such as Randolph... At this point Xu Jun dare not think anymore. Since getting acquainted with the major of the SS, even Stark of the Flag Guard gradually showed a tendency to tease. When Randolph accompanied Dogen to the Army Armored Forces School on business the day before yesterday, he was said to have made a big fool. He is now hiding from Colonel Dogen in the Prime Minister's Office.

"Did Colonel Dougen catch Randolph today?" Xu Jun thought about this and asked the adjutant.

"What are you talking about, my head of state?" The adjutant was confused by the head of state's jumping thinking. Isn't this admiring the model?

"It seems that I haven't caught it yet." Xu Jun laughed.

"Major Randolph is very good at using terrain. Just now I saw him hiding in the confidential room on the second floor chatting with a few secretaries. You know, Colonel Dougen rarely goes there." Disenhofen finally After reacting, I couldn't help but laugh at the embarrassed appearance of my colleagues.

"I hope he will not affect the secretary's normal work. I think that some of the punishments that Daogen has given before are enough. Someone needs to remind the colonel that some things are not enough." Xu Jun put a smile away, his expression Speaking to the adjutant seriously.

"Yes, my Führer, I will remind Colonel Dougen." Diesenhofen quickly nodded respectfully and replied.

"Very well, Eric. Now let’s take a look at this ship. Did the navy say anything else when it gave you this." Xu Jun nodded, then a gentle smile appeared on his face again .

The Cleopatra-class large-scale air defense cruiser is currently the name temporarily determined after negotiation between the British and German navies. If there is no error in the middle, there should not be much change.

This warship currently only exists on paper. Originally the name belonged to the Tido or Dido-class light air defense cruiser No. ⑨, which was manufactured by Hausen Leslie Shipyard in Hepburn City.

The Tido-class air defense cruiser can be said to be full of the grievances of the former British Prime Minister. Churchill was still furious at the continuous delay of the construction period of the air defense warship he had high hopes for until a week before his capture.

Because the maritime blockade in Germany is more stringent than in history, the shipyard can only continue to shift the delivery date backward due to lack of materials. Although seven hulls have already been launched, so far only the No. 6 Ship Stilt has completed the outfitting of the basic part. However, due to the lag in the production of scheduled shipborne artillery, it has not been armed.

After the British surrendered, the German Navy showed a deep interest in this new type of air defense warship, or the head of the Empire was very interested in it, resumed the construction of all ships, and generously provided a large amount of materials and supplies. Financial assistance. The German shipyard dispatched personnel to carry out detailed surveying and research on the Tido class, accumulating valuable experience for the production of similar warships in China.

Xu Jun's advanced strategic vision has penetrated into the hearts of the senior commanders of the German navy. They unreservedly believe in the head of state's prediction that the future of the navy will belong to a bunch of lightly armed flat-top ships.

Xu Jun used a bunch of data to explain to them how vulnerable the German navy's surface fleet will be when encountering a large-scale raid by air power. Several air and sea attack exercises have also proved Xu Jun’s prediction that under the high-speed attack of the new attack aircraft, the air defense firepower of the German navy’s existing warships will not be able to fight back.

Currently, only the modified Bismarck in Germany can withstand attacks from small air force formations. Once the number exceeds the fire control peak, that is, the siege of more than 30 air units, the Bismarck will soon Lost the power of parry.

However, according to the information that has been obtained so far, both the United States and Japan have built large aircraft carriers with more than 70 aircraft. The naval aviation fleets of the two countries can launch air strikes with hundreds of aircraft at will. Both the British and German navies have felt the threat from the air, and the development of professional air defense warships with stronger firepower and defensive power is now urgent for the two navies.

Compared with the technically complete Royal Navy, the German Navy’s technology is almost an era behind. Although the Nazis struggled to catch up after the Nazis came to power, the gap in actual experience is not so easy to make up.

The design of German warships is still very different from that of Britain. It was not until the British surrender that the German navy really got the opportunity to narrow the distance between the two sides. The confidential information of the Royal Navy is fully open to the Germans, and the shipbuilding elites of the German Navy are finally able to touch the core essence of the Royal Navy's shipbuilding.

I don’t know which side made the proposal first. Soon a letter of intent regarding the joint development of a large-scale air defense warship by the two navies was placed on Xu Jun’s desktop.

I want to ask Xu Jun whether he supports it or not. Of course this kind of thing must be supported.

Although Xu Jun also wants to directly build Atlanta, the problem is that shipbuilding is completely different from manufacturing other weapons. This is a systematic project involving hundreds of technologies and countless supporting processing companies. Only with detailed design drawings, without the corresponding materials and relevant professional technology, can only be a rough imitation product. The performance cannot meet the original design requirements, and it will even endanger the operation of this battleship. The lives of naval officers and soldiers.

Naval ship manufacturing can only develop step by step on the basis of its original technology. If the technological leap is too large, it is easy to cause some unforeseen sequelae. On the road of naval development, the British do not know how much sweat they have spilt, how much tuition they have paid, or how many Royal Navy officers and soldiers have become the souls of the flawed design.

Xu Jun saw the research and development of this battleship as an opportunity. It was the beginning of the return of German shipbuilding technology to the forefront of the world. What the German shipbuilding industry can learn from it cannot be bought with any amount of money before.

Although the Royal Navy has declined, it does not mean that its technology has fallen behind. On the contrary, the technology research and development of the Royal Navy has always been at the forefront of the world, if it weren’t for two consecutive wars that emptied the British Empire’s capital , Let them lose the chance to make a comeback, otherwise there is no room for the nouveau riche on the other side to show off in the Atlantic.

The preliminary design of this warship is based on the existing Dido-class light air defense cruiser and enlarges its overall. The hull was extended to 182 meters and the displacement increased to 9,000 tons.

The power system adopts four Parsons gear transmission steam turbines, the Royal Navy has eight three-cylinder oil-fired water tube boilers, and the German domestic production chooses to use 8 Lamont oil-fired water tube boilers. The power is expected to reach 80,000 to 80,000. Eighty-six thousand horsepower, design speed above 32 knots.

The 133mm high-level dual-purpose gun originally used by the United Kingdom as the main gun, but due to design reasons, the delivery was delayed, which seriously delayed the service time of the Dido class.

The German side suggested that the 128mm 61-caliber antiaircraft gun developed by Germany should be used on the new ship. Under the "guidance" of the head of state, this naval type of artillery has been put into production. The twin mounts are equipped with a German-designed automatic loading machine (originally designed for giant air defense towers), and the rate of fire is as high as 25 rounds per minute. , Both the range and the power far exceed the British 5.25 inch MKI.

As a result, the British began to have a keen interest in this kind of anti-aircraft artillery with an amazing rate of fire~IndoMTL.com~ They are studying whether it can be installed on other capital ships, such as battleships being built on the berth. And several fleet aircraft carriers.

Cleopatra will be equipped with five 128mm twin turrets. At the same time, the warship will also be equipped with a large number of close-range air defense firepower. The selected weapons range from eight-unit pong-pong guns to the German Bo The Flowserve 40 water pipe, of course, will not be missing the 20mm six-barrel rapid fire gun "Favnir". The British wanted to install and test each of these artillery, and then find the best configuration plan.

The model in front of Xu Jun now uses the original plan. It is equipped with four eight-mounted pong-pong guns and four double-mounted Bofors, one on each side of the rear bridge. Menfafnir.

"This will be a maritime air defense fortress. With the British fire control combined with Germany's advanced radar system, plus the newly developed radio proximity fuze, she will become a nightmare for all enemy pilots." Xu Jun With a smile, he stretched out his fingers and gently swept across the smooth and delicate oak deck of the model.

"Send her to my collection room and tell Marshal Raidel that I like his gift very much." Xu Jun raised his head and looked at his adjutant.

"But...yes, the Führer." Disenhofen hurriedly stood up to show compliance, but yelled in his heart.

"This thing is not for you. I just show it to you first. I want to return it..."

The young adjutant began to repack the box with a frown, wondering how to explain to Raidel, but he didn't know the Führer standing behind him, with a mischievous smile on his lips.

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